catercorner,
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a variation of
cater-cornered.
Example Sentences
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But like many of my colleagues at the Journal, whose offices were catercorner from the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, I recall them like they happened yesterday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Nice houses that looked identical were set catercorner to one another off the main road.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 22, 2010
Bonneville dam is really not one dam but two, situated catercorner to each other on opposite sides of Bradford Island which lies in midstream.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But in the Eastgate Plaza shopping mall, just catercorner from Walla Walla's only De Lorean Motor Car dealership, the Army has stationed its missionary.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At St. Mary leBow, he placed a pyramidal spire atop a Renaissance balustrade atop an antique classical temple, all atop a belfry that stands slightly catercorner from the church itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
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